Letter to Secretary of State John Kerry: Speak Up for Writers in Ethiopia
On April 25 and 26, Ethiopian authorities arrested six prominent bloggers and three freelance journalists on the eve of Secretary of State John Kerry's arrival in Addis Ababa to… More
Online Art Auction Benefit for PEN Haiti
PEN has joined forces with online auction site Paddle8 for a unique benefit auction to support PEN Haiti. Artist Sébastien Jean, whose work has been shown at the Venice… More
A Freedom to Write Retrospective: Eskinder Nega
Each week leading up to the PEN Literary Gala and the conferrence of the 2014 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award on May 5, PEN will feature the story… More
A Freedom to Write Retrospective: Nasrin Sotoudeh
Each week leading up to the PEN Literary Gala and the conferrence of the 2014 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award on May 5, PEN will feature the story… More
Writer and Human Rights Lawyer Muharrem Erbey Released After More Than Four Years in Pre-trial Detention
Upon his release, Muharrem Erbey thanked all PEN members who sent letters and postcards. "Those messages were tremendously important to me; they were what kept me going." More
Mapping Metaphors to Fight Surveillance
Over 62 days, PEN analyzed the use of metaphors in surveillance news coverage. We found that there is rich thematic diversity in the types of metaphors that are used,… More
Ilham Tohti on His Concerns Before His Detention
There is a lot of tension around here. In the past few days, I have been under constant surveillance by police vehicles and national security police officers. I have… More
Third Anniversary of Arrest: Calls for the Release of Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja
On April 9, 2014, PEN joined 30 organizations in calling for the release of Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, who was sentenced to life in prison three years ago by a military… More
My Ideals and the Career Path I Have Chosen
Han and Uyghur netizens have been talking past each other, with no opportunities to exchange views one-on-one and listen meaningfully to each other. More
PEN Mourns the Death of Writer and Activist Dinh Dang Dinh
PEN mourns the death from cancer of blogger Dinh Dang Dinh on April 3, 2014. More
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